Upcoming Field Trips
Yellowbilled Tours is in its 20th year of offering premium birding field trips. We have mastered the ability to offer true small group tours. By accommodating a smaller group size we have time for more detailed bird observation, discussion of the last bird seen, its behavior and of course listening and telling of our birding stories. We limit our North American trips to four birders and visit Alaska, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Texas, and Wisconsin. Our international field trips support six birders, using the larger and most current model van and visit France, Belize and Guatemala, among others. Our small birding venue trips fill up fast, so book soon.
California Birds – 20 best birds to chase in California
Birding California Year-round 20 best birds to see by habitat. California is vast area with many habitats and variety of landscapes. We each have our own criteria that influences our choices. These are my choices. We offer individual, couples, small groups, private...

March 1st 2023 – Tropical Birding Trip: Belize and Guatemala. Belize is open for small birding groups. Currently no Covid19 protocols are mandatory.
Want to see what our clients think about this trip? Check out our most recent tropical birding trip client testimonials. Check out the Belize and Guatemala 2022 bird species field trip lists. Clicking these links should download Word documents to your computer. If...
April 17th 2023: Texas, Birding the Southeast for Spring Migration.
Upland Sandpiper Chuck-will's Widow Why bird east Texas in the spring ? One reason is High Island and its warbler migrant fallout is so much different than...
May 10, 2022 New Mexico Southern Rocky Mountains and High Plains, Birding during Spring Migration. Reservations being accepted for 2022 field trip.
Birding New Mexico, the terminus of the southern Rocky Mountains, to witness the spring migration into Mexico is a field trip to remember.
2021 Nevada – Spring-Fall Migration Birding Northeastern California & Nevada, Small Group, Individuals, Couples.
Field Trip begins with pick-up in Reno Nevada. Once I know the birds you want to chase I can create a field trip to meet your needs. A good region to begin is the Sierra Valley in Sierra County California, see PDF species list. Photo is of a...
5/1/TBD France: The Camargue and Provence
No current field trip has been schedule for 2022. Stay tuned for 2023. We begin our European birding...
2021 Summer Birding Sierra Nevada Mountains & Sierra Lakes high elevation birding – Small Groups, Individuals, Couples.
NMono Lake Sunrise Sonora Pass Hwy 120 high elevation birding. Mountain Blue Bird American Dipper Green-tail Towhee There are 673 bird species recorded in California. The reason for this diversity of...

5/ 27 /2022 and 5/ 31 /2022 field trips: Alaska Nome Birding the tundra and coastal lagoons
Birding Nome Alaska is the most interesting, productive and exciting location in North America – we offer a small group tour.
6/5/22 first trip & second trip 6/8/22: Barrow (renamed to Utqiagvik) Alaska, Birding in the Tundra
Barrow Alaska birding is a special event in any birder’s life, how many times have you had a four – Eider species day?
Birding California Big Year Adventures in Northern California:
Birding California for Life Birds: Maybe you are a California County lister or filling in missing species for your North American life list – Yellowbilled Tours should be your field guide. I have a long history of providing Northern California field guiding with much success for the client.